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Title HIV positive street children's access to treatment for HIV/AIDSin the district of Katuba, in the South-West of the city of Lubumbashi, democratic republic of Congo (DRC)
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7660
Date 2019
Author(s) SOMWE, Jean-Jacques
Contributor(s) Mohamed, Suraya
Abstract Master of Public Health - MPH - The number of street children, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is estimated at 70,000 and it increases each year. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief reported a 75.1% of street boys and 81.1% of street girls report multiple sex partners in DRC, thereby increasing their risk for transmission. Access to HIV treatment remains one of the challenges for the street children with HIV/AIDS. A study conducted in Lubumbashi and Kipushi in the Province of Haut Katanga, found that 78.2% of street children have no access to health care The District of Katuba as in other local districts in the province, has seen a growing number of street children in recent years. T
Subject(s) Street children; HIV/AIDS; Access to treatment; Barriers to healthcare; Republic of Congo
Language en
Publisher University of Western Cape
Rights University of Western Cape
Repository Cape Town - Theses and Dissertations, University of Western Cape
Added to C-A: 2020-12-09;10:34:25